
Starlink, Amazon Project Kuiper satellites launch during same morning - The Tennessean
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Both rockets had scrubbed during previous unsuccessful launch countdowns the past week. The Falcon 9 aborted liftoff June 22 with only 58 seconds remaining in the launch countdown after an issue emerged with its autonomous flight termination system. Meanwhile, the Atlas V scrub occurred June 16 after an elevated purge temperature was detected within a booster engine.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch clocked in as the 52nd orbital rocket launch thus far this year from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center. ULA's Project Kuiper launch swiftly upped that running total to 53.
The Starlink mission marked the Falcon 9 first-stage booster’s 25th flight, SpaceX reported. The booster previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18 and SES-19 and 20 Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the booster landed on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.
Nicknamed "The Bruiser," the Atlas V variant with five solid rocket boosters has now flown 16 times in that configuration since 2006. Atlas V rockets have previously launched the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto, the Juno orbiter to Jupiter, national security missions and the maiden Project Kuiper mission on April 28.
ULA’s next launch — which has not been scheduled yet — will be the USSF-106 mission, the first Vulcan rocket mission for the Space Force.
Next on the Eastern Range schedule, a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency navigational advisory shows SpaceX is targeting a 4½-hour launch window Wednesday afternoon for another Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. More details:
Launch window: 12:33 p.m. to 5:03 p.m.
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Sonic booms: No.
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